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bucket. One single trip provides water for a family of 5 to
7 people for one whole week.
The opening of the exhibition was attended by Curro
Claret, one of the designers showcased in the exhibition
and the person in charge of the exhibition design who
gave a talk on the significant role played by design in
helping to change the world and the importance of small
gestures.
Apart from the exhibition, “Designs for a better world”
featured a series of conferences and talks that addressed
different issues such as water. The first round table,
moderated by Ana Domínguez Siemens, provided a first-
hand vision of the projects and creative solutions raised
to solve matters related to water, waste management and
sanitation. Some of the speakers were the architect Estel
Ortega, the designer Gabriele Diamanti, Giacomo Battaini
of Liter of Light and the eco-friendly engineer Tateh
Lehbib Breica.
A round table
replans the city
and the territory
Experts address the future in view of the social and urban transformations
Roca Barcelona Gallery hosted a round table organizedONU-Habitat and former mayor of Barcelona and MinisterArts of Asturias; Manuel Valdés, Doctor in Civil
by BAC, a multinational company with presence in theof Industry, Commerce and Tourism between 2006 andEngineering, deputy manager of Infrastructures and
engineering, energy and environmental sectors. With the2008; Enric Battle, architect and landscape designer,Urban Coordination of the Barcelona City Hall. The talk
title “The restructuring of the city and the territory”, theauthor, along with his partner Joan Roig, of the landscapewas moderated by Lluis Moya Ferrer, PhD in Architecture,
round table analyzed the necessary action strategies torestoration of the controlled landfill at Vall d’en Joan, ingeneral building manager at BAC and Department Head
face the growth of the world population and the migratorythe Garraf area, among many other projects; Patxiof Structures at the UPC.
movements and how these phenomena affect cities. TheMangado, architect, in charge of the design of the Palma
event was attended by Joan Clos, executive director ofde Mallorca Conference Center or the Museum of Fine
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